The Washington critic., 1887-01-28
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


Davis married Miss Anna NJ. Agncw of
st. Paul. She sat In the library the
other night while the Governor was
telling his history, and her bright
young face glowed with honest admira'
tion of her husband. Tall, with n
graceful figure, clear hazel eyes and
oval face, complexion soft and bright
with the rosy bloom of perfect health
she Is a handsome woman. No Mime.
sofa weather can keep her indoors,
and every day sees her out on horse
back or driving behind her husbands
sober team, the picture of health and
good spirits. She Is an artist oil
much ability, and her home is
frightened with many bits of her
work, which have been credited
by her friends to artists Of reputation.
She is wonderfully bright and enter.
tanning in conversation and well cdu-
Gated. Her hands are always busy
with some graceful deed of charity
which nobody except her husband and
the recipient of her aid know Of
Modest and frank, she will be favor.
ite in Washington society. She takes
great interest In all her husband s at-
fairs, and her tact and courage have
been wonderful help to him. Her
husbands friends always find warm
welcome at the old-fashioned house on
the hill, whose hospitality is so well
known all over the State. Mrs. Davis
comes of good old Scotch Irish stock,
and is a woman Of graceful dignity and
carriage"
General J. Floyd King is in appear.
ance, says Frank Carpenter in the
Cleveland Leadcr, the Napoleon Bona.
partc of the House of Representatives
He is said to pride himself upon look
ing like Napoleon, and he is great
admrer of the "Little Corporal. He
quotes Napoleon often, and in attitude
and gesture he acts much like Bona.
parte. His face is on the same con.
tour as that OF Bonaparte, and he
wears that little lock of hair over his
broad forehead which you always see
In Bonaparte's portraits. His face,
however, lacks the elements of great
ness which shine out of Bonaparte's
pictures, and | imagine his figure,
though IL is not that Of Apollo by
any means, to be better one than that
of the great Napoleon. lie has short,
stocky form, broad shoulders, which
he throws well back, and his big Napo-
leonic head Is fastened to his body by
short and rather thick neck. He
dresses pretty well, wears Prince AL
bert coat, which he always keeps
closely buttoned, and he looks like a
soldier and fighter.
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"Do the people want pauper Senate
that there Is such a clamor about mil
lionaires in the Upper lIouse!' asked a
Senator in conversation with T'riJuae
correspondent on wealthy men In Con
gress. rs man worse for having
money Independent Of his salary, or is
he so much better because he has only
his five thousand year, and is tor
mented TO death trying TO live on it?
Now ] spend ten thousand year on
my little family, and live in the plain
est way, as you know. We don't en-
tertain except in the simplest manner.
We never give evening parties, and
our house is Meth II fine nor large. |
couldn't stay day in the Senate if
had nothing TO live on but my salary.
/ couldn't stand being harassed by
debts and worried and pinchcd for
want of means to live on. tell you a
Senator's life Is burden when he is
eternally hard up for money. There
are q few here who are In that fix. l
have one in mind now, and pity him.
lie hardly knows which way to look
sometimes he is so hard pushed for
money He had nearly 800, 900 when
he first entered public life, and he was
young then. Now he has no ready
money but his salary and is nearly
twenty years older"
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Says Professor Holmes of the Uni.
yersity of Virginia, as quoted by con-
tributor to the New Orleans Times. Dem.
Ocrdt in an article on the Rev. DR.. Min
nigerode of Richmond and his relations
10 Jefferson Davis "Dr. Minnigerode
must always remain conspicuous mlu,
and from his intimate connection with
Mr.. Davis an historical figure. lie was
officiating at st. Paul's Church on that
memorable Sunday when Mr.. Davis,
with quiet dignity, left at the approach
Of the enemy. shall never forget that
occasion. As the President. at whis.
pered remark from the sexton, rose aud
stepped into the aisle, every eye was
turned upon him and every heart stood
still. The significance was plain. 1t
needed no comment. Until h
had disappeared through the vcs-
tibule that intense tension lasted,
then general uprising aud
confusion commenced. While faces
questioned each other there was one
thought, one fear In every heart 1t
was then that the noble and beloved
rector stepped forward, looking like a
messenger from Heaven In his white
robes and with his calm, chscled face,
and eXhorted his people to return; to
remember that they were under God s
protection, and that He was the same in
battle and In peace, and would never let
them perish The eternal God Is our
refuge, aud underneath are the ever
lasting arms, he said, solemnly. 1t
was the most impressive scene | ever
witnessed. The people returned to
their seats and the services pro
ceeded," "
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The ladies of the Louisiana Senator'S
are mong the popular members OF
fashionable life at the Capital, says the
Philadelphia Times, Mrs. Gibson was
Mis- Mary Montgomery, whose mother
was q famous Creole beauty of the
Crescent City, Her father, II. w.
Montgomery, was an old time mer.
chant of New Orleans, and president
of the Canal Bank. Mrs, Gibson was
educ ated at Heidelberg and Paris and
speaks German and French tluently,
Mrs. Eustis, the wife of the senior